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Article: CWA: Politics Sours Science at National Cancer Institute; Link Between Abortion, Breast Cancer Deserves Real Scientific Inquiry
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 4, 2003
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WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sandy Rios, president of
Concerned Women for America, warned the National Cancer Institute
(NCI) not to post misinformation on the agency Web site denying the
link between abortion and breast cancer.
"The National Cancer Institute has decided that protecting women's
health is less important than avoiding politically sensitive topics,
and they should be ashamed," said Sandy Rios, president of Concerned
Women for America. "What was supposed to be a colloquium among
scientists about the link between induced abortion and subsequent
breast cancer turned into a whitewash.
"The NCI panelists dismissed the best research on the subject --
including that ...